Test drive BMW X6 E71 2008 - 2009 SUV
Automobile God lives in Munich
It would seem that Bavarian engineers will never cross through the conservativeness of their understanding of the perfect car. But a strange car, hastily counted for the unknown class of all -terrain coupe, in front of us. To hoarse for the truth
Everything would be fine if from x6, as they say, you can’t take your eyes off. But neither the first nor at the second glance the car does not fit into any canons of generally accepted car beauty. Charisma and masculinity are one widely emanated in the likeness of a harsh smile, a cheeky physiognomy of which is of course, there is. But everything else, including a sloping profile of a seeming small roof and incredibly lifted stern, definitely for an amateur. However, wait for how many handsome men a funny girl Barbara Stereisand got in and how many more unsuccessfully dried over her! Anyway, when it comes to abilities and it is precisely what is always expected from BMW, what does beauty have to do with it? Do not drink from the face of water, and this rule refers to the world of not only talented people, but also cars.
Nevertheless, in the guise of x6 there is too much controversial. On the one hand, some retroums, on the other hand, are what is there, what's the modern attributes of parking sensors, the lens of the rear view camera. I can’t refuse to the pleasure of becoming like a curious red cap and to drive this wolf in my grandmother's appearance into paint. And if everything was clear with the recognizable BMW eyes, the shaking of a false tutor on a weighty penny caused bewilderment for what?!
After clicking on one of the buttons of the remote control, he silently and almost to the sky threw back the fifth door with a begged at a sharp angle. She is with height adjustments and a small amzer glass, through which, it seems, you will not see anything. Later I will understand that I was mistaken. To small overhangs, additional signs were added, which are pushed to the conclusion: after all, this is a hatchback, only bloated to incredible sizes. But the space for the cargo is not just decent, but very large. Moreover, it is two -tier. The compartment under the floor, where the reserve should lie, instead of which the X6 has a remote control for tires, fit the middle suitcase. And three more stood up from above, and not one of them blocked the glass. Moreover, the back of the sofa turned out to be folding. I wonder in what situation will all be useful? After all, the sportkup, by definition, should contain a maximum of a couple of bags. But how then to put in a modest framework of such an auto all-wheel drive, a clearance of 212 mm and 20-inch wheels? All kinds of empirical surveys for bringing x6 to the existing classification are futile. There is one hope for torture a drive.
Look who came! I am preparing for the fact that the 306-horsepower engine will roar with all its in-line 6-cylinder nature, whistle with two turbines, and X6 will go about the same as its fellow X5 quickly, but still in the middle-resistant, with light rolls in turns and soft overcoming bumps. A small, stylish metal -plastic joystick of the gearbox as a magnet attracts a gaze. The illusion of his computer mission will confuse anyone: only the robotic mechanics of DSG can be combined with this. But in fact, a 6-speed machine is installed in the machine is very fast and quiet.
And he behaves so even taking into account the fact that the Sport button on the central tunnel has not yet been activated. For some seconds, and the speedometer arrow flies far beyond the stock mark. But this is not even the point. A large and high car shows the features of a sport-sedan, a compartment, but not an all-terrain vehicle. She easily divers in corners, with the same ease passes them and plays right to play straight to the elementary particle that escaped from the accelerator. All this is far from an ideal road. Of course, the suspension is harsh on potholes shakes, and I have to steal in the ruts, but I have not experienced such pleasure from driving for a long time.
It would seem that at high speeds the feeling of fear should turn on, which will give the command to weaken the pressure on the electronic accelerator. But no, X6 openly demonstrates its own infallibility and provokes me to permissiveness. Overall and rapid acceleration from almost any speed is only a fraction of what X6 is capable of on the highway. Do not believe that we will succeed? Look at a small display between a speedometer and a tachometer!
And there, red ladles shine every second changing circuit for the distribution of torque along the axes. Under normal conditions, the ratio is 40:60. But in a steep left turn, the maximum of the scorch is collected near the icon of the rear right wheel. 100% of the moment has been transmitted to it and the active differential.
With all the excellent sound insulation, I had to hear the sinking of rubber, notice the blinking of the stabilization system indicator, and finally feel the roll and slipping in the body. After all, the automatic transmission is rearranged in sports regime and turnover at 6000 per minute. Nothing like this! X6 just quickly and correctly calculated all the parameters of movement, redistributed his efforts and came to the conclusion that it was not worth strangling the engine yet. It is difficult to believe in this, but it is almost impossible to disrupt the X6 from the trajectory, no matter how you twist the steering wheel with a hydraulic wiper and you are gnawing over the gas pedal.
So, give such a car wealthy teapots? But they will sit down and lead and, most likely, cope with her with Bavarian help. If there is a car God, then he lives not in heaven, but somewhere in Munich. The main thing to understand that, with all the grasping of brakes with huge ventilated discs, quickly stop two tons of weight at a speed of 200 km/h, which is perceived twice as a real one, it will be not easy. So why are so strange and deceptive sensations?
Life was a success
Maybe because there is no question of bus landing, I settled reclining, and the contours of the black ceiling resemble a spacious M6 compartment? Having adjusted the upper third of the back of the leather chair under its stoop, and the scatter of lateral support for the torso, I understand that there is no limit for the limit. Only you still need to adjust the lodge, enjoying the timbre of the 306-horsepower Bi-Turbo, and at the same time set up using the joystick of the I-derivation of the life support system, including navigation, which perfectly proven itself in Moscow and the Moscow Region, TV, DVD or receiver.
The rear view chamber combined with parking sensors is indispensable for a car with a small rear window
It is difficult to come up with more convenient front chairs. Electroregulations will set them up for any figure
The glove box is just not opened. Castle button to the left of the lower door
A two -section armrest hides a cooled container. A few half-liter cans fit without problems
Two passengers on the couch can play with their own climate control settings, as well as turn on the heating of the seats. The main thing is that they are not too tall. You have to pay for the body shape. But these places are rather girlish or childish: contemplate and admire the skill of the driver and his car. And the owner will be quite signs a drink, chilled in an intercessor cup holder. Only a lighter and a mobile phone there do not throw half an hour there, and no sense from these devices freezes like mammoths.
So, nevertheless, the Germans are right, x6 is it really a compartment with all its sports attributes and comfortable things?
An ashtray in the center of a double sofa is hidden by curtains, and a folding armrest carries a couple of cup holders
A hatch with an electric drive will give not only an air flow, but also additional light in the cabin
Double -haired roomy trunk will appreciate long -distance lovers
Four legs player
The last chance to accept or refute this, a sandy quarry, is a death not only for the very sophisticated SUV, but also for many serious all -terrain vehicles. I am insanely sorry for the car, which after a while will drag on the cable behind the tractor. The DTC dynamic stabilization system is turned off, the accelerator is slightly pressed, a couple more seconds, and it will end.
As if feeling my fatalism, x6 as if nothing had happened under the action of a torque of 400 nm at 1300 rpm breaks away, throwing sand from under the belly, accelerates and rides. 30, 40, 60 km/h on a similar coating, how to understand this?! This should not and cannot be. Trust, though super-fisted, but with a summer road profile, and an all-drive electronically controlled, with couplings. And they do not think to burn, as often happens.
Maybe the sand is not the same? Another start, gas in the floor, DTC is included. Everything is repeated, with a small correction that the starting moment is slightly crushed. The third attempt using steering wheel switches is all one. In some frenzy, I am frantically working as a steering wheel, throwing X6 to the right and left, turning the yuz in place. Sandy virgin lands outside the windows turned into a field plowed for planting potatoes. So what is this car?
The wrong coupes called the Gran Tourism
The seditious thought flickered in my head. And if this is the Grand Prix of Tourism? No, not the cramped class in which the large road coupe was recorded, but the real, correct, which meets all the requirements of long travels, both on roads and off -road. There is a large trunk, stability on the highway like a hot hatchback, cross -country cross -country, and comfort, like a representative sedan.
So, maybe it makes sense to reconsider the existing classification, and X6 to pay tribute, calling it the first GT with a capital letter? Eh, if it were not for the fuel consumption for 20 liters and the price for $ 100 thousand ... but even this will not overshadow the owner of true pleasure. Like it or not, you won’t get this on any other car.
Horse history
The last Bavarian motor with a turbine was released more than 20 years ago. And only the legislation of Germany, which provides for the payment of tax depending on the working volume of the engine, forced the company to revive the production of powerful units of small volume.
The current 3-liter double turbocharging engine made his debut in 2006 and a year later was recognized as the best new engine at a prestigious European automobile engine competition. The first model on which his German engineers installed was BMW-335i.
BMW X6
common data
Body, number of places/doors
Hatchback, 4/5
Equipped mass, kg
2185
Length x width x height x Base, mm
4877x1983x1690x2933
Road clearance, mm
212
Front/back, mm track
1644/1706
The diameter of the turn, m
12.8
Speed, km/h
240
Acceleration 0-100 km/h, with
6.7
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
9.5/16.6
Trunk volume (4/2 places), l
570/1450
The volume of the fuel tank, l
85
Engine
Location
The front is longing
Design
gasoline, in-line, 6-cylinder, 24-valve with double turbocharged
Working volume, SMZ
2979
Power, L.S. at rpm
306/5800
Torque, kgsm at rpm
40/1300
Chassis
Drive unit
permanent
Transmission
Automatic 6-st.
Suspension
Independent, spring, multi -link
Steering
rhealenic type with hydraulic power steering
Brakes
disk, ventilated
Tires
255/50 R19
Car
from 24.71 rubles/km
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Powerful motors; unique appearance; rich equipment; Perfect manageability ideal
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High price and fuel consumption; low ceiling above the sofa
Kirill Savchenko, photo of Maxim Goncharov
Source: Magazine buy a car [08/2008]
